Rag to rich success story of bedridden Romi Kulthia and his flight to success through Flight Mantra

Romi Kulthia: Bedridden Founder of Flight Mantra tells the rag to rich story

For Romi Kulthia, a small time businessman, life was a constant struggle and his world came crashing on his head, when he met with an accident and perennially bedridden. How Romi Kulthia came to be known in the highest business circuit at present as the founder of Flight Mantra is a typical rag to rich story that defies all logic. This is not a mere success story of an struggling entrepreneur. This is a typical story of a person who struggled throughout his life, fighting each passing day and tasting success and the resultant result being an endless success.

Who knows the value of money better than an entrepreneur? A guy who haggles over a small amount of money with his vendors, but travels far to meet his clients. He faces a problem and tries to solve it while others crib.

The shock

Romi Kulthia perfectly fits the profile of a Jugaadentrepreneur. As from a middle-class family, Romi has started his career in school days by selling second-hand mobiles, as wasn’t privileged since childhood because of his missing father and has been reaching the ladder of success as a business owner by running telecom in Australia.

The Australian of Indian origin, Romi’s life came to a grinding halt when he met with an accident and doctor certified him to be paralysed from his Lower part. It all changed one day when Romi was bedridden after his spine surgery he wanted to run some business in the same situation and was struggling for his daily bread hence made him search for online businesses and work and he landed to the marketplace and travel commerce. What’s more, Romi firmed up his mind to run the travel agency from the confines of the four walls of his home. And then, what they say, Romi never looked back thereafter. His target destination was India, the burgeoning land of humongous opportunities.

Flight Mantra

India is an emerging superpower and the land of opportunities. Flight Mantra is a start-up which aims to make flying an experience; an everyday experience for the inflation oppressed economy at large. Flight Mantra has been crafted with the virtues of dedication, reliability, customer-delight, and empathy. Flight Mantra represents the masses and believes in their need for a comfortable lifestyle. Flight Mantra is an air ticketing digital space, launched by Romi Kulthia. Having been avid travellers, those guys who are constantly on the move empathise with the requirement of imbibing ease while booking, swifter cancellation policies and upgraded back-end technology support to handle call volumes. Obviously, these folks do not aim to be the cheapest, nevertheless they aim at honesty in the endeavour.

Challenges

Rag to rich story of a bedridden first generation entrepreneur, Roni Kulthia and his travel business venture, Flight Mantra.

Things were going rosy for Romi as his friends and family also somewhat approved of it and he started expanding. He forged alliance with a slew of online aggregators and took up an agency from them on the commission basis (and a promise to sell tickets worth a fixed amount) and began networking with travel agents and started generating sales. Currently, Romi is doing fairly well in his business. What is the key takeaways? Romi, while summing up the lessons he has learnt and sharing his key lessons from his journey recapitulates, “There is this three way formula for success, fairly easy to follow, yet, requiring more persevarance to accomplish it, stay focused on your work, never give up and always respect your work.”

What has Nanganallur, Mridangam Aswini or Aswini Srinivasan and Hanuman in common. Well, the place Nanganallur in Chennai is renowned for its giant sized Hanuman statue.

And Aswini, the 20 year young girl also hails from Nanganallur. But that is not news. But what is news is the fact that the 1998 born Aswini plays Mridangam with such ease and confidence is making the eyeballs turn.

With her percussion playing prowess, Aswini Srinivasan, also known as Mridangam Aswini has scaled giant stature like that of Hanuman, at a young age of 20. The disciple of Sangitha Kalanidhi, Dr TK Murthy is creating waves in the Carnatic Music circuit with her style of percussion.

The final year B.Com student of Madras University, Aswini Srinivasan began playing Mridangam at the tender age of six under the tutelage of Sangitha Kalanidi and Padmashri Dr. TK Murthy. After rigorous practice, Mridangam Aswini had carved out a niche for herself in the male-dominated Mridangam percussion arena. In fact, Aswini Srinivasan’s innate talent was even recognised by Ramjhi, Founder of Issai Mazhai!

Wonder how many concerts Aswini Srinivasan had performed so far in all of 20 years! She has performed in excess of 1500 Carnatic Music concerts across India as well as overseas nations. Ashwini Srinivasan has also performed in many Taala Vaadya concerts along with her mentor, Dr. TK Murthy and other eminent mridangam vidwans. Also, Aswini Srinivasan had accompanied many great Carnatic vocalists and instrumentalists of the day.

Award Blitz

This percussion genius Aswini Srinivasan has won several awards and accolades right from tender age itself. The Rotract and Rotary Club had bestowed Aswini Srinivasan the Child Prodigy Award2009. What is more, Aswini Srinivasan is also the recipient of CCRT Government Scholarship. She has also received the International Women’s Association Award 2010, Pogo Amazing Kids Award 2011; Valayapatti Kashyap Child Artist Award, Bhhavan’s Cultural Award from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan 2014; also received the title Sangeetha Bhaktha Sironmani from Sri Ragavendra Swamy Temple, Malaysia; Bala Kala Ratna Award 2016 from Baala Kalaa Sagaram Trust; Laya Ganga Title from Sangeetha Kala Peetam Tirupur 2016; Shakti Sadhana Award from Sudhesi Organisation in 2017; Young Maratha Award from Maharashtra Association Chennai 2018; last, but not the least, The Tamil Nadu Government has announced Kalai Valar Mani title on Aswini Srinivasan, which will be conferred on her in 2019.

Concerts

Aswini Srinivasan has accompanied many an established Carnatic vocalists and instrumentalists. For instance, Ashwini has accompanied Radha Vishwanathan and S Aishwarya, great grand daughters of MS Subbulakshmi at Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam in 2007; in addition to accompanying her Guru, Dr. TK Murthy for Lec Dem and Taal Vaadya concerts. Aswini Srinivasan has also accompanied her Guru for the LEC Deem Concert organised by Sangeet Natak Akademi Delhi this year.

Besides that, she has also performed at Patri Drum Fest along with her Guru Dr TK Murthy and other senior percussionists in 2018. Aswini Srinivasan played jugalbandi with Tabla player, Pandit Anuradha Pal in her Sthree Shakthi bandin Hampi Festival (Karnataka) and in Mumbai as well. Also, Aswini Srinivasan has been part of many

Among other things, the most notable aspect is that Aswini Srinivasan has performed at Music Maestro Ilayaraja’sresidence on the occasion of Navaratri Celebrations. Aswini Srinivasan has also accompanied B Kannan, the Veena Vidhwan in addition to accompanying UP Raju and Nagamani for a Mandolin concert at Naradha Gana Sabha. That is not all. Aswini has also accompanied her sister Anjani Srinivasan for a Veena concert at many places like Narada Gana Saba, Krishna Gana Sabha; Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan; Vani Mahal; Brahma Gana Sabha; Vipanchee; Shanmukhanandha Sabha; Chembur Fine Arts Mumbai and more.

Aswini Srinivasan has also been part of the entourage with Ramjhi’s Isai Mazhai Troupe that visited Malayasia.

Yummy noodle making by street food vendors of China video goes viral at The Food Ranger Show

Look at the dexterity of this Chinese chef who is weaving noodles from seasoned preparation.

Look at this yummy Chinese street food noodle making technique at The Food Ranger Show which is going viral!

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Chinese noodles are just amazing! Without doubt, you will just fall in love for sure! The video has 1,979,615 views and counting and that goes to show the popularity and the dexterity of the Chinese workmanship. This chef, shown in this Chinese Fast Food video is simply amazing man. From the seasoned raw material, how he weaves noodle strands is an art to watch. In addition to that, look at the recipe that is added along with this street shop noodles at The Food Ranger Show video that is going viral. If you follow along behind the scenes, instagram.com/thefoodrange you would love to see more awesome features like this and more. This is a video that The Food Ranger Show uploaded on December 23, 2018, shot at a street shop in Xining Shi province of China.

Santhosh Kumar Kana from Karivellur has bagged this year’s Best Kendriya Vidyalaya Teacher Award in the Ernakulam Region. For the past 16 years, Kana is teaching English to Plus II students. Kana has worked in various states in the country in addition to Nepal. He has also made different short films for the students of Kendriya Vidyalaya. Kana’s Blog, Somathmika, where he writes in Hindi, Malayalam and English languages that has humongous readership. He has acted in the Malayalam movie, Aadu 2.

Currently, Kana is also acting in a forthcoming Malayalam film, Pretham. In addition to that, Kana has also acted in several serials and plays. Kana has also authored a travelogue, Kathmanduand kallavandi, collection of poems and successfully published. Kana is also a wonderful mimicry artist, motivational speaker, writer, singer, wild life photographer all rolled into one.

He is son of Vadakke Manakkatte MV Karunakaran and Soudhamini. Watch this column to read a comprehensive feature on this multifaceted personality soon. The Indian.News congratulates Santhosh Kumar Kana for his achievements.